A team that can win in every kind of race and on every route: this is the characteristic of the new Lampre-Fondital team, that has defined the roster for 2007.
Giuseppe Saronni’s Pro Tour team completed the roster signing the Tuscan Massimiliano Mori  and Giampaolo Caruso. These athletes joined the other new Lampre-Fondital’s riders Francesco Gavazzi (Under 23 Italian Champion), Paolo Bossoni (winner of this years GP Città di Castelfidardo) and Fabio Baldato (41 victories in career).
Caruso signed in the morning of Tuesday the 14th in the Lampre-Fondital’s headquarter in Usmate, where the athlete met Giuseppe Saronni and Emanuele Galbusera, blue-fucsia team’s president: the contract has value for one year and Caruso agreed to give his DNA, respecting the Pro Tour teams agreement (Caruso was allegedly implicated in the Puerto affair).
Lampre-Fondital confirmed 20 riders that, added to the new riders, composed a roster of 25 athletes from 6 different nations (Italy, Colombia, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland).
The riders of the team in 2007 are: Alessandro Ballan, Daniele Bennati, Matteo Bono, Marzio Bruseghin, Jaime Alberto Castaneda Ortega (Colombia), Claudio Corioni, Damiano Cunego, Giuliano Figueras, Paolo Fornaciari, Enrico Franzoi, David Loosli (Switzerland), Marco Marzano, Danilo Napolitano, Morris Possoni, Daniele Righi, Gorazd Stangelj (Slovenia), Sylwester Szmyd (Poland), Paolo Tiralongo, Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia), Patxi Vila Errandonea (Spain).

Andre Greipel about his 2006 season

Andre Greipel talked witht-mobile-team.com about his first season with the T-Mobile squad. Greipel said: "I got the season off to a promising start, when I placed second at the Etoile des Bessèges in France in early February. I was a little surprised that I was able to get in the groove so early in the season, given that I underwent shoulder surgery in September 2005 and had to struggle my way back through rehab and training."

Greipel continued by saying: "Let's sum up my Tour of California experience this way: A great team, pleasant temperatures and a beautiful landscape! And with two stage wins by Olaf Pollack we didn't do too badly from a sporting perspective either. Getting to know my new team mates was fun, and you could feel that the chemistry was right between us!"

About the spring classics Greipel said: "Back in Europe I was selected to do the spring classics like Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders and Ghent-Wevelgem. Though I already rode ’De Ronde’ in 2005 for Wiesenhof, the race is quite a different proposition when you’re donning the magenta jersey. Those classics are extra tough, I worked a lot for the team and surely learned enough to help my develoment as a rider. "

Greipel told about his first wins in Magenta: "At the Rheinland-Pfalz-Rundfahrt in April I notched up two stage wins. I was surprised myself at how well things went for me in the climbs. "

The 24 year old rider didn't finish the Vueta, he abonded after stage 9 due to sickness, but he wants to finish a grand tour in 2007: "Next year I have the Giro on my program – and I want to ride it to the end, no matter what! Speaking of which: I am already looking forward to the 2007 season. We have a couple of new sprinters on board. I think we’ll complement each other rather than step on each others’ toes. And, if required, I will certainly lead-out colleagues like Gerald Ciolek or Bernhard Eisel."

Team Barloworld celebrate the end of the 2006 season on Sunday, November 19 with a strong line-up of riders who will defend their title at the tenth annual Pick'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge in Johannesburg, now one of the classic events on the international cycling scene.
27,000 riders will take part this year after 18000 finished the event last year in yet another celebration of cycling. Team Barloworld, the South African-sponsored team will be at the front of the professional pack who take to the streets of Johannesburg in the 94,7 kilometer race.
The team will be led by the Team Manager Claudio Corti, who will arrive in Johannesburg on Wednesday, November 15 and directed by Valerio Tebaldi. The riders who will wear the Team Barloworld red jersey include: Felix Cardenas (Col), Gianpaolo Chuela (Ita), Ryan Cox (Rsa), Hugo Sabido (Por) and James Perry (Rsa). Tiaan Kannemeyer and Rodney Green are reserves.
Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) who was to also feature in the race, will return to Italy this week following an injury sustained in a crash at the Bakwena Cycle Challenge in Pretoria on Sunday, November 12. It was confirmed on Sunday that Bonomi has suffered a fractured wrist and will not participate in the 94.7 Cycle Challenge. The full squad will be confirmed on Wednesday, November 15.

Computer system of Chatenay-Malabry laboratory hacked 

The computer system at the French national doping testing laboratory (LNDD) of Chatenay-Malabry near Paris was breached by hackers. Laboratory director Jacques de Ceaurriz told French newsagency AFP: "An inquiry is under way. I'm not making any comment because the incident is probably linked to affairs currently being handled by the laboratory." De Ceaurriz continued by saying : "We have been aware of this for some time and in the past week our suspicions have been confirmed."

The test procedures of the French laboratory, which is accredited by the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency are being challenged by American cyclist Floyd Landis. The lab analyzed the samples which indicated  that Landis had elevated levels of testosterone in his system when he won stage 17 of this years Tour de France.

French police started an investigation after French Anti-Doping Agency president Pierre Bordry filed a complaint on Nov. 7.  The state prosecuter of the Paris suburb of Nanterre has opened a preliminary inquiry into "intrusion into an information system" and "theft of data."

Landis spokesman, Michael Henderson told US newsagency Associated Press: "Floyd is troubled to learn from these reports about the continued security issues at the Chatenay-Malabry lab." Henderson continued by saying: "Regardless of content, the actions being investigated are damaging to all parties involved, including Floyd." Henderson continued: "Unfortunately, this is not the first time the security of documents in this lab has been called into question."

WADApresident Dick Pound told Associated Press: "Withdrawing documents and possibly altering them is an entirely separate issue." Pound continued: "This does not reflect the lab's competence."

"This is an exercise done illegally with the express design to throw doubt on the quality of the lab ... and discredit the lab with forged documents."

French daily sports L'Equipe reported Tuesday that a police source told them that the hacker was allegedly part of Landis' team.

Henson told Associated Press that the allegations were part of a "character assassination" toward the former captain of the Phonak team.

"Any claims attributing it to Floyd or his defense team are baseless, untrue, irresponsible," Henson said. "Floyd continues to work on his case with his advisers and will prove his innocence."

According to L'Equipe one or more hackers accessed data and sent e-mails to the IOC, UCI and WADA with the aim of discrediting the lab by calling into question its reliability. The hackers wrote the e-mails in poor French.